It insulted and exiled from Charleston and New Orleans the honored representatives of Massachusetts, who were sent to those places with the commission of the Commonwealth, in order to throw the shield of the Constitution over her colored citizens.
This quote reflects Sumner's condemnation of the treatment of Massachusetts representatives in Southern states.
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